Nordic Catholics

Prisad vare Jesus Kristus!
Trevlig med några personer från den del av världen där jag befinner mig - Nice with some people from the part of the world where I am. Seems like most people on CAF are from the USA

With a middle name of Bjorn, I couldn't pass this group up!

Nice to have some response to this group. Now to get a few more members and we can get our own forum.

Finnish Catholics will gather in a few days to celebrate a historic event. We will be getting our first Finnish born bishop in about 500 years.

My husband and I visited his cousins in Hedrum in 2003. We attended Mass in a small temporary church in Larvik. We were surprised that at least 80% of the congregation were Viet Namese, even the priest, who said Mass in Norweign and also spoke very good English. We loved the old churches built in the 1100s (Catholic then, Lutheran now). We keep Norway in our prayers and would love to return.

I've always been interested in the Catholic heritage of the Nordic lands. Especially the lesser known Nordic saints.

I am an American of Norwegian descent. My parents and grandparents on both sides were Lutherans, but I became a Catholic when I was 23 (I had wanted to convert since the age of 15! It took me three times through instructions--there was no RCIA then--to finally make it.) I have been a Catholic for almost 40 years, and I have loved every minute of it! This note is just by way of a "hello" to the group.

In Jesus and Mary,